Safety-locker.



W. S. PARNSWORTH.

SAFETY LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED' 00T.10, 1911.

1,060,241 Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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UNITED STA'lllilPATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS S. FARNSWORTH, OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO COIN CON-TROLLED LOCK CO., OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION FORMA.

OF CALI- SAFETY-LOCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed October 10, 1911. Serial No. 653,829.

To all wlw/m, 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l. 'ILLls S. Farmswon'rn, citizen of the United States,re siding at letaluma, in the county of Sonoma and State of California,have invented new and useful Imprm'einents in Safety-Lockers, of whichthe following is a specilication.

This invention relates to a locker and a closure therefor` andtutrticularly pertains to a locker which is especially adapted for usein state-rooms. passenger' coaches. sleepers. and the like.

It, the object of this invention to provide a locker which particularlysuited 4for the reception of money, jewelry and other valuablepossessions of passengers on railroad trains, st amships.r and the like`which is so constructed that access to the interior thereof can beaccomplished onlv by the person who has deposited and locked hisproperty therein` and which is '.lesigned to he placed in such relationto a seat or berth as to be obstructed therebv to further prevent accessbeing had to the locker when the seat or'borth is occupied or inposition to he occupied.

A further object is to provide a closure or door for the locker and alock thereon which is so constructed and arranged thaty the door can beclosed and locked only after depositing a coin or other token, and inwhich the operation of the lock and the re` moval of a key therefrom iscontrolled by the coinY Other objects of this invention together withthe advantages to he derived from its use will be disclosed in thefollowing` specifcation., The invention consists otl the parts and theconstruction and combination otI parts as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claii "d, having reference to-the accompanying drawings`in hieltd Figure l is adetail vertical section in perspective of aportion ot' a car showing the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a View inelevation of the back ot the locker door with parts broken away, showingthe lockl mechanism in its normal unlocked position with the boltretracted and blocked against movement and the key positioned to preventwitlaaawal. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the bolt in dotted linesand illustrating the manner in which the bolt released by the action ota coin. Figa is a detail depicting the positions occupied by the coinand the parts o1". the lock when the bolt, indicated in dotted lines, isin its advanced position. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. L1showing bolt in dotted lines in its retracted position. Fig. t3 is ahorizontal section on the line XX of Fig. 2. is a vertical section onthe line Y-Y ot Figxt. Fig. 8 is a detail in elevation on the line 25W/iot' Fig. 6.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, A represents the side walls ot a sleeping carcommonly known as a Pullman sleeper. B indicates the upper berthhingedlv mounted on the wall A to swing in a vertical direction, and (lrepresents the slidable seat which is converted into the lower berth.Formed in the walls A. adjacent to the berth B and Seat C are recessesor pockets D. which may be constructed in any suitable shape and Inannerand of any desired material; these recesses or pockets formingreceptacles 0r lockers for containing money, jewelry, papers, or othervaluables possessed by the passengers or occupants of the berth B andseat` C. The recesses D open to the interior of the car and are providedwith outwardly swinging hinged doors 2. and are s0 disposed in relationto the berth B and seat C as to he concealed or obstructed when theberth Il is let down, as shown, and when the seat C is drawn out intothe position indicated in dotted lines and converted into a berth. Thislocation of the recesses or lockers D is important in thatl personsother than those having possession of the berths cannot gain access tothe locker While the berth is in its made up position, thus renderingthe locker a place of safety for valuables and preventing theft orrobbery when the berths are occupied and insures that the articlesplaced inthe lockers will not be purloined when the occupants of theberths are asleep. As a further means for preventingingress to theinterior of the locker by persons other than the one havin possessionthereof, the door :72 1s provide with a peculiarly constructed lock, thekey 3 of which is designed to be held in the lock against removal whenthe door 2 is open aval unlorked until a r-nin mother to lock the tokenhas been deposited in a coin-receiving slot 4 in the door 2; the bolt ofthe lockbeing also revented from being thrown oor until the coin iseposited. When a coin is dropped in the slot 4 thel key 3 and the lockbolt can be operated so that the door 2 may be locked in its closedposi-y tion and the key withdrawn therefrom; the lock being soconstructed, as will presently be described, that the keyY and bolt.will be automatically rengaged and held a ainst" movement when the keyis inserted 1n the lock andthe bolt thrown back so that the door 2 willopen. This arrangement insures the collection of a toll for the use of alocker vD and also prevents the keys being lost or stolen when thelockers are not in use, and admits ofthe locker being employed asareceptacle for the assengers yvaluables when the berths are fo ded up intheir closed positions.

The construction ofthe lockerdoor 2 and the lock therefor isparticularly shown in Figs. 2 to 8 inclusive; Figs. 23, 4 and 5 showingthe consecutive steps or positions assumed by the lock during ,onecomplete operation. In the views Just mentioned, Fig. 2 shows the bolt,indicated at 5, in its normally retracted position 'with the key-2blocked against operation and withdrawal; Fig.` 3 shows a coin 6 whenrst deposited to release the bolt 5; Fig.`4 shows the boltV 5 advancedand the coin 6 as positioned on a stud 7 carried bythe bolt 5 andagainst a vertically disposed rib 8 formed on the inthe back of the door2 a lner face of the door 2; the coin 6 when tlius supported beingarranged over a peek-hole or perforation '9 formed lin the door 2through which the genuineness of the coin can be determined when thedoor 2 is closed; and Fig. 5 shows the coin 6 as being released from thestud 7 when the bolt 5 is retracted to restore it tothe position shownin Fig. 2. The bolt 5 is of the variety commonly termed a dread bolt andis supported on short distance from the face thereof by having its outerend disposed in a slot formed in the side wall of a ousing 10 mounted onthe back of the door 2; its inner end being held in place by means of apin 11 on the door 2, which passes through a horizontally disposed slot12 in the bolt 5. This bolt 5 is designed to be advanced and retractedby thev oscillation of a lug 13 formed on the cylinder 14 of an ordinarycylinder lock, which lug extends intoV a notch 15 formed in the upperedge of the bolt 5. The cylinder 14 is supported in a Casin 16 mountedon the back of the door 2 an is movable circumferentially therein; aslot 17 `extending longi tudinally through the cylinder for thereception of the key 2. Loose pins or tumblers 18-18 are mounted in thecylinder 14 `Inder being turned when t .and casing 16, as shown in Fig.7, and in the manner common to tumbler locks, which pins are adapted tobe positioned bythe insertion of the key 2 to'admit of the cylinder 14being turned and which prevent the cyle key is withdrawn by reason ofthe pins 18 extending into the perforations in the cylinder 14 in whichthe pins 18 are mounted; the pins 18 being of such various lengths as torequire a key having certain serrations or grooves formed on its edgewhich act, when the key is inserted in the slot 17, to raise the pins 18sothat their upper ends will be posltioned flush with the outerperiphery of the cylinder 14, and thereby permit of the cylinder 14being rocked a suiiicient distance to advance or retract the bolt 5. Aspring 19 mounted on the housing 10 bears against a cam face 20 formedon the upper edge of the bolt 5 in such manner as to offer resistance tothe movement of the bolt 5 'and acts to insure .the bolt 5 being thrownto the limit of its outermost or innermost position. 1

Pivotally mounted on. the door 2 between th inner face thereof and thebolt5` adjacent to the rear end of the latter, is a tuiangular shapedpawl 21 having a lug 22 pro jecting below its lower ed e ad'acent to theenlarged end of the paw, T is pawl 21 normally rests in the horizontalposition shown in Figs. 2l-and 5 by reason of its pivotal point beingpositioned eccentric to it's center of gravity so that its enlarged endwill normally tend to move in a downward o direction; a pin 23I mountedon the bolt 5 adjacent to its inner end projecting beneat'h -the pawl 21to limit its downward movement. A plate 24 mounted on the door 2 lalsoacts to retain the pawl 21 in a horizontal position. When the bolt 5 isin its rearmost position, as shown in Fi 2 and indi-` cated in dottedlines in Figs. and 5, the pin 23 will extend beneath the pawl 1 adjacentto the back edge of the ug 2 gthe lug 22 actin as a stop or abutment toprevent the bot 5 being advanced when the pawl 21 is 1n the horizontalposition shown 1n Figs. 2 and 5.

Mounted on the rearof the door 2 is a coin chute 25 leading downwardlyto a point ad`acent to the upper edge of the bolt 5 an o eningto thespace between the bolt 5 and t door 2 forward of the small end of thepawl 21 in such manner that when a coin is insertedk in the slot 4 itWill be caused to fall upon the outer end of the awl 21 so as to rock iton its pivot and wit draw thelug2'2 fromk in front of the pin' 23, asshownin Fig. 3' a pin 26 projecting from the face of the bolt 5 lnto thepath of travel of the coin 6 at such distance forward of the pawl 21 asto momentarily support the coin at this point.

from the coin slot 4 llifted position The pin 26 acts in vent coins of asmaller4 diameter than that intended being used to operate the pawl 21,it being seen that coins of a sutliciently small diameter will passbetween the pin 26 and pawl 21 when the latter is in the position shownin Fig. 3, and would not retain it in its disengaged position; the pawl21 falling back to dispose the lug 22 in front of the pin 23 the momentthe coin is released therefrom.

Vhen the pawl 21 is retained in its upby the weight ofa coin on itsinner end, as shown in Fig. 3,the bolt 5 may be advanced by turning thecylinder 14 by means of the key 2 which has been previously positioned.in the slot 17 in the cylinder. The bolt 5 on being advanced to itsoutermost position so as to engage a keeper on the casing of the lockerD, withdraws the pin 26 from under the coin 6 so that the latter willdrop downwardly and release the pawl 21 so that it will fall back intothe position shown in Fig. 4; the lug 22 resting upon the pin 23 on thebolt 5. A shoulder 27 projecting from the upper .edge .of the plate 24forms a stop for the pin 23 to prevent it passing to the opposite sideof the lug 22 and insures the latter resting on the pin 23.

The coin 6 on' being released falls upon the pim-7, as before mentioned,and is supported thereon by the Vertical rib 8 where it is exposed 'to`View through the peek-hole 9 until the door 2 is unlocked by retractingthe bolt 5. The bolt 5 when advanced to its outermost position, which islimited by the pin 23 coming in contact with the shoulder 27 on theplate 24, disposes the slot 17 in the -ing the bolt cylinder 14 in avertical position so that the pins 18 and 13 will be in alinement, andthereby admit of the key 2 being withdrawn from the lock; the key 2being previously prevented from being withdrawn from the cylii'ider byreason of the pins 18 extending into the notches formed on the key 2 andblocking longitudinal movemento the key when the cylinder is positionedwith the pins 1S to one side or" the pins 18. The bolt 5 in beingretracted moves the pin 7 from under the coin so that the latter willfall into a coin 'receptacle 28 formed on the back of the door 2, and4the same time the pin 23 moves from under the lug 22 on the pawl 21 sothat the lng will again drop into position in front of the pin 23,thereby re-lock- 5 in the retracted position against movement unt-ilanother coin is employed to operate the releasing pawl 21` The door 2may now be opened so as to give access to the interior of the locker.

The housing 10 on the back of the door (':losed by means of a removablepanel 29 zo that the lock cannot be tampered with by such manner as topre` unauthorized persons; this panel being adapted to be removed forthe collection of the coins in the receptacle 28 by means of a masterkey corresponding to the key 2 but having an extended portion on itsend, as

indicated in dotted lines at a in Fig. 7,A

which is adapted to engage a notch 30 formed in a bolt 31 slidablymounted on the inner face of the panel 29, as shown in Fig. 8. The bolt31 has its outer end bent at a right angle to the pawl 29 as indicatedat 32, which is slotted to engage a lug 33 on the side Wall of thehousing 10; a spring 34 acting on the bolt 31 to normally retain it inengagement with the lug 33 when the panel 29 is, in position on the backof the housing 10. The edge of the panel 29 opposite that on which thebolt 31 is mounted is provided with hooked members 35 which are adaptedto engage correspondingly shaped projections 36 on the housing 10, asshown in Fig. 6. I

Fromthe foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a locker and ameans for closing same, which is simple in operation and construction,and which, when used in conf junction with a berth, as reviously de-Vscribed, produces a safe repository for valuables, and as such insuresand protects a pas' senger against theft or robbery when traveli ing. vv 1t is manifest that while I have described the invention as applied toa car, that itis equally applicable for use in state-rooms of steamshipsand in. o ther places Where seats and berths are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what Ipclaiin and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1. rThe combination with a `Pullman berth, of alocker in the wall of the car substantially on a level with the berthwhen made up, said locker having a lock controlled door, and said berthbeing retained in guides and having a free movement toward and from thelockedV door, 4and covering and concealing the door when madeup, wherebythe door may be opened when the berth is at the lim-it of one movementand is incapable of being opened when the berth is at the limit of itsother movement.

2. In a device of the class described'in combination, a receptacleadapted to be secured to the framing of a vehicle body, a

closure for said receptacle, a sleeping berth is prepared for sleeping.

3. In a safetyhreceptacle for railway ears, a car body provided with anopening therein for the reception of valuables, a closure 'izo for saidopening, a vdevice adapted to l-)e :ny hand in the presenoe of twosubscribing formed inte a sleeping berth, and means cowitnesses.

operatnv with lsaid device to support the 'same whrereby it forms abarrier rendering WILLIS S' FARNSWGRTH 's 6 said closure inaccessiblewhen said devieeis Witnesses:

prepared for sleeping. JOHN H. HERRING,A In testimony whereof I havehereunto set CHARLES EDELMAN.

